Birthdays & Rentals
Birthday Parties and Private Rentals at the museum are not taking place through 2022.
Parties
Just had my son's birthday here and it was beyond what I was expecting. Staff was great with the children and they loved all the learning, play time and arts and crafts. This was without a doubt a memorable experience. Thank you so much."
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The museum hosts unique learning birthday parties throughout the year where guests explore life above & below the sea, touch museum artifacts, play games, have fun with crafts, and rotate through activity stations set up within exhibits, all lead by a museum educator.
Celebrate a special birthday as you go on a treasure hunt in a Pirate Party, decorate tiaras in a Mermaid Party, or hunt for real shark tooth fossils in a Shark Party. We cover everything but the food:
You provide:
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Party Themes & Cost
Length: 1.5 Hours
Length: 1.5 Hours
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Whales n’ Friends
Discover the amazing ocean world! Touch whale bones, meet a hermit crab, and play ocean games in stations around the museum with “fishing,” blowing bubbles, and hunting for shells and shark teeth. Decorate a fun beachy tote bag! Rubber Duckie Party Celebrate with everyone’s bathtime friend! Waddle between duckie stations: decorate duckie “feet,” go on a rubber duckie hunt, blow soapy bubbles, and of course paint your own rubber duckie to take home. Little Sailors A wonderful party on the high seas for your little sailor! Touch sailor’s tools from our collection, see ship models, test what floats and sinks, experiment with blowing ship sails, have fun with sailor games, and paint your own wooden boat! Hawaiian Adventure It’s hula fun at the museum as you learn about whale migration! Touch a real whale tooth and shark jaw. Explore the museum through a tropical scavenger hunt! Practice your hula-hoop skills, make some Polynesian-style crafts and create a beautiful shell necklace to take home. Pint-sized Pirates For 4-year old mateys! Guys and gals can join our crew to learn piratey words, look for treasure, walk the “plank,” journey through our pirate stations, and decorate wooden ship to take home. Little Captain You are the captain of the ship! See a compass from a real whaling ship. Travel through the museum with a scavenger hunt, make some sea-worthy crafts and design a sailor’s ditty bag to take with you on your journey home. |
Little Artists
Calling all budding Picassos! Have a birthday of creating and crafting. Touch historical art on whalebones, and have a creative blast as you go on an Art scavenger hunt and enjoy clay sculpting, color mixing, stamping, glittering, and bubble prints. Go home with all your art creations! (We’ll clean up!) |
Cost:
Optional Upgrades
- Weekday: $400, Member $360
- Weekend & Holiday: $440, Member $400
Optional Upgrades
- Personalized Invitations. They’re adorable! ($15 for 20)
- Personalized Thank You Cards ($10 for 20)
- Deluxe Goody Bags ($8 Each)
Party Themes & Cost
Length: 2 Hours
Length: 2 Hours
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Pirate Bash
Our most popular party! Your little pirate can celebrate with swashbuckling fun in our galleries. Mateys can learn piratey words, run around in Pirate & Shark tag, walk the “plank,” and create your very own wooden pirate ship. Under the Sea Celebrate the wonders of the sea with our best ocean crafts, games, and fin-tastic activities. Touch whale bones, go on an ocean scavenger hunt, meet a hermit crab, go ‘fishing,’ and use modeling clay, sparkles, and water to create your own ocean waterglobe. Shark Party Have a jawsome party as guests become shark scientists. Touch shark jaws, watch out for a frenzy in our shark scavenger hunt, and excavate a real shark tooth fossil out of rock! Create a shark tooth necklace with the teeth you find. Dolphin Party Celebrate one of the most beloved creatures, dolphins! Touch a dolphin jaw and vertebrae, play dolphin games, and “swim” around the museum with a dolphin scavenger hunt . Design a beautiful dolphin keepsake box to take home. Hawaiian Luau Its’ hula fun at the museum as you learn bout whale migration, touch a real whale tooth and a shark jaw! Explore the museum through a tropical scavenger hunt! Practice your hula hoop skills, make some Polynesian-style crafts and create a beautiful shell necklace to take home. Build-a-Boat Birthday Be a shipbuilder and imagine, design, and create as you build a watercraft model out of wood. See and touch nautical artifacts from our collection, and build your own seaworthy vessel out of wood with hot glue guns (with adult supervision). |
Mermaids n’ Friends
Learn about amazing ocean animals - and mythical ones like mermaids! Find out how the legend of mermaids started, “swim” through a scavenger hunt, decorate tiaras, pin the necklace on the mermaid, and create mermaid crafts. Glow in the Dark Party Venture to the bottom of the sea to explore bioluminescent creatures. Explore the museum with a scavenger hunt, “swim” through an glow in the dark obstacle course, and paint with glow paint. Create your own deep-sea waterglobe! Sea Captain Grab your sea crew as you head on a nautical journey through the museum with a scavenger hunt! See a compass from a real whaling ship, touch a harpoon and other whaling artifacts. Create some sea-worthy crafts and carve a scrimshaw box as a keepsake. |
Cost:
Optional Upgrades
- Weekday: $425, Member $380
- Weekend & Holiday $470, Member $430
Optional Upgrades
- Personalized Invitations. They’re adorable! ($15 for 20)
- Personalized Thank You Cards ($10 for 20)
- Deluxe Goody Bags ($8 Each)
Party Themes & Cost
Length: 2 Hours
Length: 2 Hours
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Build-a-Boat Birthday
Imagine, design, and create as you build a watercraft model out of wood in our workshop. See and touch nautical artifacts from our collection, and build your own seaworthy vessel out of wood with hot glue guns (with adult supervision). Go home with your fantastic model. Weekday: $425, Member $380 Weekend & Holiday: $470, Member $430 Party cost is for 15 guests + the birthday child. Extra guests are $12. No charge for adults. We cover invitations, all activities and crafts, all tableware, workshop room, museum educator who loves kids, take-home water bottle for each guest, set up & clean up. You provide your choice of food n' drinks - that's it! Spa-Tastic Party Enter our “Museum Spa” to create your own handmade ocean lotions, lip balms, and bubble bath mixtures created from natural ingredients! Go home with a beauty-filled mini-purse, flip flops, and your eco- and animal- friendly mixtures and crafts. Weekday & Holidays: $475, Member $430 Weekend: $520, Member $480 Party cost is for 15 guests + the birthday child. Extra guests are $15 for a Spa Party. No charge for adults. We cover invitations, all activities and crafts, all tableware, workshop room, museum educator who loves kids, take-home water bottle for each guest, set up & clean up. You provide your choice of food n' drinks - that's it! Optional Upgrades
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We look forward to being part of your celebration!
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General Questions
Please contact Katie Kelly, Business Manager at (631) 367-3418 x10 or kkelly@cshwhalingmuseum.org. |
Birthday Parties and Private Rentals at the museum are on hold. Please check back soon. |
We went here for my son's friend's Birthday party. The kids were all between 4-5 and a few 2 year olds. This is such a cute little place with a lot of exploring to do for the kids. The people working here are knowledgeable and friendly. My kids favorite place was the area with the bunk beds. They kept hiding there and playing and had a great time."
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